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I remember the time I asked
and someone told me
what made those long parallel grooves
on the big rock walls that lined the highways
they drilled holes down into the Earth
and dropped dynamite
laying roads wherever they wanted
I thought about the blast deep beneath the surface
I thought about someone dropping and running
I thought about whoever started using longer fuses
short fuses in my experience
always cause harm
like that lit smoke bomb, Evan handed me
or the time Doug kicked my basketball down the hill
I’d like to think my fuse
has grown with time and my hair
but sometimes still
even a long fuse doesn’t help
and everything just blows up in my hands
About the Creator
Fiachra O'
I like writing about thoughts
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